Or Perish in the Attempt

“Dr. Peck has assembled an engrossing account of the illnesses and injuries as gleaned from the journals…the best known medical compilation in book form is the widely Cited, Only One Man Died.  Or Perish in the Attempt is a major improvement…the Strength of Peck’s book is its delightful readability…a splendid narrative that binds the reader.”

 

The Journal of the American Medical Association, July 2, 2003

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Wilderness Medicine in the Lewis & Clark Expedition

by: David J. Peck, D.O.

Book Reviews

“David Peck has brought a transfusion of new energy to Lewis and Clark scholarship.  Everyone who reads his excellent and witty book on the medical aspects of Lewis and Clark will gain a new appreciation for the almost unbelievable stamina of the men-and one very remarkable woman—of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.”

 

Clay S. Jenkinson, Scholar-in-Residence

Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon

“Dr. Peck’s book, Or Perish in the Attempt is significant not only for the new medical information that it brings to light, but because it is one of the most readable and entertaining of the books about the Lewis and Clark Expedition.  When asked which of the many books someone should read about the Expedition-or give as a gift-I recommend, Or Perish in the Attempt.”

 

Carol A. Bronson, Executive Director,

Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Great Falls, Montana

“Medicine and adventure have taken a giant leap from the Journals of Lewis and Clark into the pages of Dr. Peck’s book…a modern classic!”

 

C. Dwayne Shafer, M.D., Ph.D.,  Stephenville, Texas

“Or Perish in the Attempt, takes a new look at the myriad dangers faced by the explorers on a daily basis on their trek into the Western wilderness.  What Dr. Peck finds is altogether revealing, instructive, and entertaining.  One of the most rewarding reads of the Bicentennial.”

 

Dave Walter, Research Historian, Montana Historical Society

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